Attachment to churns.



J. G. McKELVEY.

ATTACHMENT T0 CHURNS. APPLICATION mm OCT-25. m

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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Be it known that I, dawns Gnonen Mo- KnLvEr, of the town of Holmfield, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Attachments to Churns, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in attachments to churns, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple attachment to the cover of the churn which can be utilized as a rest to hold the lid or cover on the churn when the same is open and while so holding it allow any cream or milk accumulated thereon to drain back into the churn.

With the above objects in View the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fi ure 1 represents a side view of a barrel churn with my invention applied.

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the lid.

Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the upper portion of the churn with the lid shown resting on the churn and in the open position.

Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the improved clamp.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 represents the barrel or body of the ordinary barrel churn, which is suspended pivotally as indicated at 2 from the upstanding side standards 3 which are mounted on the foot piece or base 4:.

The upper end of the barrel is provided, in the usual way, with an open top 5 which is in reality in the form of an annular flange extending inwardly from the chimes of the barrel.

The upper face of the top carries an upstanding circumscribing and bordering rib 6 on which is pressed the usual lid or cover 7 fitted on the underside with a flexible wearing strip 8 designed to rest on the rib.

The outer edge of the lid is reinforced by means of an applied metallic binding band 9 which carries a cross metallic strip 10 passing centrally across the lid. To this cross strip is fastened an upstanding adjusting bolt 11 which carries a winged nut 12 and a hand clamp 13, the clamp being beneath the Specif cation of Let ns m Patented A ia. 9,, 191.8.

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nut. A. spring is inserted on the -bolt below 14- and 14" and 15 and '15 are pairs of lugs permanently secured to the top of the barrel and carrying pivotedarched clamping rods 16 and 17 which are arranged to swing over the cover of the barrel beneath the clamp.

The above parts are all of ordinary con struction and form no part of my invention. In connection with the fastening of the cover on the barrel, it is explained that after it has been applied to close the opening in the top the clamping rods are first swung over the cover toward the bolt. The winged nut is then screwed down on the bolt and the clamp is afterward turned over the rods to cause them to jam the cover tightly againstthe top of the barrel. With a cover such as this, when the barrel is opened the cover is usually laid down on an adjoining table, chair or whatever may be within convenient range, which is not a convenient or sanitary practice, and further, the cream or milk which may be clinging to the cover is free to drain off the same onto the support on which it has been placed, which is not desirable.

My invention relates, as hereinbefore intimated, to a support or rest for the cover whereby it can be retained on the barrel and while retained thereon can drain into the barrel. It comprises an arm 18 formed in the present instance as a deflected portion of one of the arms of the hand clamp 13, which arm or rest has the extending end notched as shown at 19 to receive the chime of the barrel. The length of the arm depends on the type of barrel churn on which the invention is applied. Fig. 3 of the drawing shows the manner in which the lid is suspended by the arm. In this case it will be noticed that the lowermost edge of the lid passes into the barrel while the side thereof passes behind a pair of the lugs and the rest rests on the edge of the barrel staves with the notch receiving the chime. It is obvious from the position shown, that the cream or milk lodged on the surface of the top can drain back into the barrel.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a churn the combination with a removable cover, an adjusting bolt extending from the cover and a two-armed clamp retained on the bolt, of a deflected portion of one of the arms of the clamp and having the end thereof adapted to engage with the top of the churn and form a support or rest, as an extension of the clamp, for the cover in the open position thereof.

2. In an open topped churn the combination With a removable cover having the lower edge thereof capable of entering the opening in the top of the churn, an outstanding bolt secured centrally to the cover and a, two-armed hand clamp retained on the bolt, of a deflected portion on the end of one Copies of this patent may be obtained tor upstanding position.

of the clamp arms and having the extremity thereof notched and bearing on its side 01' the churn and maintaining the cover in its 15 Signed at Winnipeg this 26th day of July, 1916. 7

JAMES GEORGE MCKELVEY.

In the presence of G. S. Roxnnnen, K. B. WAKEFIELD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

